Proposed legislation guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, aims to eradicate underemployment

In 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a second bill of rights enshrining the right to a job and a decent income. More than 70 years later, many on the left say it is time to deliver.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate in 2016 and likely again in 2020, is drafting legislation that would guarantee a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has proposed a somewhat less ambitious version.